On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:41:14AM -0600, CS DBA wrote: > Hi All; > > We're having discussions within our company about standardizing on a > Linux server OS so we can also standardize our methods & approaches to > configuration, security, etc based on what type of server it is (web, > database, etc). > > That said, we'll need to be able to manage updates in a very controlled > manner. Can anyone point me to any info, documentation, etc in the area > of managing security on RedHat / RPM based distro's, how to manage > security updates via yum, best practices for non yum based packages, etc ?
You may also wish to look into how Red Hat Network (Satellite) and its open source upstream, Spacewalk, work. Additionally, you can certainly host your own QA-tested-and-approved yum repos on an https server which you completely control the content thereof, and point your servers at those repos - a lot of people do this. Thanks, Matt -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist Dell | Office of the CTO -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
